It's an all-Austen episode: Sanjana formally pitches The Other Bennet Sister, arguing the show works because it lets Mary Bennet stay a genuine weirdo instead of “yassifying” her. Then Nikki Payne joins to talk Jane Austen: her Clueless-into-Emma origin story, why Sense and Sensibility reads more like a philosophy argument than a romance, and her theory that you can always tell when the characters boned off-page. And: Mutual homework, as Sanj and Tyler both consumed Sense and Sensibility for the first time.
Sanj pitches The Other Bennet Sister on BBC/BritBox (an adaptation of a novel by the same name by Janice Hadlow). 
Nikki Payne is the author of Pride and Protest, Sex, Lies and Sensibility, The Princess and the P.I., and the upcoming The Pro and the Con.
Two of Nikki’s favorite Austen retellings:  Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin and Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal. 
Mutual homework: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Perhaps the audiobook narrated by  Nicola Coughlan?

It's an all-Austen episode: Sanjana formally pitches The Other Bennet Sister, arguing the show works because it lets Mary Bennet stay a genuine weirdo instead of &ldquo;yassifying&rdquo; her. Then Nikki Payne joins to talk Jane Austen: her Clueless-into-Emma origin story, why Sense and Sensibility reads more like a philosophy argument than a romance, and her theory that you can always tell when the characters boned off-page. And: Mutual homework, as Sanj and Tyler both consumed Sense and Sensibility for the first time.
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<li aria-level="1">Sanj pitches <a href="https://www.britbox.com/us/show/167491?autoplay=true">The Other Bennet Sister</a> on BBC/BritBox (an adaptation of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-other-bennet-sister-a-novel-janice-hadlow/b17ce49aa19f8371?ean=9781250787620&amp;bkshp-astro=t">a novel by the same name by Janice Hadlow</a>).&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikkipaynebooks/?hl=en">Nikki Payne</a> is the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/pride-and-protest-nikki-payne/1c76468ddc40d5e1?ean=9780593440940&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Pride and Protest</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/sex-lies-and-sensibility-nikki-payne/e4797b571bbb3dab?ean=9780593440964&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Sex, Lies and Sensibility</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-princess-and-the-p-i-nikki-payne/27443279977f934f?ean=9780593817360&amp;bkshp-astro=t">The Princess and the P.I.</a>, and the upcoming <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-pro-and-the-con-nikki-payne/56cbe5d8b475fa0c?ean=9780593817384&amp;bkshp-astro=t">The Pro and the Con</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Two of Nikki&rsquo;s favorite Austen retellings:  <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/ayesha-at-last-uzma-jalaluddin/d1f381aa163d5e2b?ean=9781984802798&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/unmarriageable-a-novel-soniah-kamal/2588bdf70904eadd?ean=9780525486480&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal</a>.&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Mutual homework: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/sense-and-sensibility-jane-austen/2fec141323e8dfd7?ean=9780141439662&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen</a>. Perhaps <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5COJX7DaNG4pItRtS8iSHh">the audiobook narrated by  Nicola Coughlan</a>?</li>
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A weekly discussion of everything romance—from the novels and the tropes to the book-to-screen adaptations and, of course, the drama of it all—with hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall. Brought to you by the romance publisher 831 Stories.

A weekly discussion of everything romance&mdash;from the novels and the tropes to the book-to-screen adaptations and, of course, the drama of it all&mdash;with hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall. Brought to you by the romance publisher 831 Stories.

Radio 831: A Romance Podcast

Let Mary Bennet Be a Freak, Nikki Payne on Austen's Imprint on Romance, and Sense and Sensibility Double Homework

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